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Taking baby steps may work in the GOP's favor, as some Republican's voiced concerns about the rushed nature of the Trumpcare bill. "Now we've been brought to the table". Mo Brooks, a member of the hardline House Freedom Caucus and opponent of the AHCA, said that he believes Ryan's healthcare plan is "fairly immediate".

On Tuesday, clashes erupted near the airbase between SDF forces and the Islamic State "after an SVBIED [Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device] attack by the terrorists north of the Tabqa airport", the Telegram social media channel of the Euphrates Shield operation reported.

The Syrian army claimed it successfully shot down one Israeli plane and hit a second - a claim swiftly denied by Israel. Syria claimed the planes attacked a Syrian military site, whereas Israel claims it was targeting a shipment of advanced weaponry destined for Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.

A Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia's incursion into Ukraine disclosed on Monday that its executives had met Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump 's son-in-law and a top White House adviser, in December. "We're doing a very thorough job on this investigation". So the House Intelligence Committee saga rolls on, at least in name only. Swalwell said Nunes' rationale for canceling Tuesday's public hearing had been suspicious from the beginning.

But divers have been unable to carry out a second day of dives for safety reasons as swells increased above 3m (10ft). The body of Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, a 45-year-old mother-of-one, was the first one of the four crew to have been recovered from the ocean.

Both defenders missed England's 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Lithuania, leading Mourinho to question the need for friendlies during the season. Mourinho expects to be without five first-team players against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, including the injured Paul Pogba and suspended Zlatan Ibrahimovic .

Chief Justice Khehar said the negotiated settlement is the best course for resolving the dispute and offered himself or other members of the bench to act as mediators. "Several rounds of talks on earlier occasion have failed to yield result". "We welcome the suggestion of Supreme Court". The Supreme Court today said that fresh attempts must be made by all the parties concerned to find a solution to the dispute which is a "sensitive and sentimental matter".

The English-language Central European University (CEU), set up in Budapest by Soros in 1991 after the fall of communism, has always been seen as a hostile bastion of liberalism by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing government. 'We will defend our achievements vigorously against anyone who seeks to defame our work in the eyes of the Hungarian people, ' he said. Education Ministry State Secretary Laszlo Palkovics earlier told a news conference: "If the current [U.S.] administration ...

The Belgian has been instrumental in the Blues' rise to the summit of the Premier League to the point that they are nearly destined to win their 5 league title this season. But due to Financial Fair Play rules Real will struggle to offer a significantly better deal unless the contract is loaded with incentives. CHELSEA will open talks with Eden Hazard on a new £300k-a-week contract next month.

Trump initially focused his blame on Democrats for the failure and predicted a dire future for the current law. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise added that Democratic celebrations about the failure of the Republican bill were "premature".

HKFP reports that multiple leaders of the Occupy protests received calls from police saying that they would be charged with "public nuisance ", a crime in Hong Kong that merits a maximum sentence of seven years in prison. Carrie Lam, former deputy of incumbent Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, won the restricted election to become the next chief executive of Hong Kong on Sunday.

Sara McFarland, Mrs Cochran's sister, said: "Last night we were speaking as a family about this and it was deeply unanimous that none of us harbour any ill will or harsh feelings towards this". "They were really a great match", said Bullock. "I never thought it would touch me, ever", O'Sullivan said. "Kurt was a good man and a loving husband to our sister and daughter, Melissa".

Judge Gorsuch is on the fourth and final day of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judicial Committee, where outside parties comment for or against his nomination. In the last 47 years of Supreme Court nominations - spanning the appointments of the 16 most recent justices - only Alito was forced to clear the 60-vote procedural hurdle to break a filibuster.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened to withhold federal funds to sanctuary cities during Monday's White House press briefing, arguing that not deporting illegal aliens with criminal backgrounds puts the public at risk. Experts say what could be different now is how the Trump administration might interpret the laws and DOJ grant requirements. "We refuse to let divisive national policies undermine our core values", the mayor stated on the website, "and our commitment to being a ...

In a statement read out to the press, the police spokesperson said the investigation is still in the preliminary stage but "the incident appears to be criminal in nature with no nexus to terrorism". No one was hit by the suspect's auto, police said. Dramatic video footage by a videographer for Alhurra TV, a Middle Eastern news outlet financed by the USA government, showed the black vehicle then speeding around a nearby traffic circle with a police auto in close pursuit and then heading away.

This marks yet another weekend during which the Trump administration appears to have lied about knowing that President Trump was playing golf. He's also made several trips to the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, just outside of Washington.

The hospital where the officer is at said "life-saving surgery" was conducted on the officer, but he remains in critical condition. Police had not released details about the officer's injuries or what led to them. Multiple agencies are assisting Independence police in investigating the shooting. They did not say where the shooting happened. In a statement, Baker said that she and her office offer their thoughts and prayers to the injured officer who was critically wounded in the line of ...

Clinton dismissed the reports by praising current NY officeholders and denouncing President Trump. "While it is true the Clintons need some time to regroup after Hillary's crushing loss, they will not give up", a source reportedly told The Post at the time.

Scotland has backed a call for a new independence referendum a day before Theresa May is set to trigger Article 50. "They also agreed on the importance of entering into negotiations in a constructive and positive spirit, and of ensuring a smooth and orderly exit process", Downing Street said.

At least 12 people have been killed in a head-on crash between a church minibus and and a pick-up truck in Texas, officials in the USA state say. It was unclear if the church vehicle was a van or a bus. The church canceled events scheduled for Wednesday night. The social media post also announced ways the church is trying to help members and others deal with the crash.

But Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the commander leading the fight against Islamic State militants, says it appears enemy fighters may have gathered the civilians into the building for use as human shields. Another possibility that was being examined was that the militants filled the building with explosives, he said. "And there's also a fair chance that our strike had some role in it", Townsend said.

Deputy prime minister, Sayyid As'ad Bin Tariq bin Taimour Al-Said, who is attending the meeting on behalf of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, stressed that the Sultanate supports peaceful work to settle all issues in the region. The summit brings together 22 leaders from the Arab world. Abbas also met with US President Trump's worldwide envoy Jason Greenblatt, who he also met earlier this month in Ramallah on prospects of reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Sacramento County, for example, received $315 million in Office of Justice Programs grants in 2016. Avid Moussavian, (R) a Policy Attorney for the National Immigration Law Center, speaks during a panel discussion promoting "Justice and Equity in an Era of Indiscriminate Enforcement and Fear" at the National Conference on Sanctuary Cities in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2017.

They are gathering in Jordan ahead of the annual Arab League summit due to begin on Wednesday. But expectations are low about what the meeting might actually accomplish. President Bashar Assad is absent. "We're extending our hand to any party that seeks to make peace prevail in our region, which if achieved, will bring prosperity to the area and end the suffering of millions", he said.

The road to the Tabqa dam in northern Syria is strewn with evidence of the clashes between a US-backed alliance of fighters and ISIL. Col. Gen. Rudskoi insisted the coalition was trying to "completely destroy critical infrastructure in Syria and complicate post-war reconstruction as much as possible, warning that the collapse of the dam would be a "catastrophe" which would lead to a large civilian death toll".

Government officials say it will take a week or two to bring the vessel to a port 90 kilometers (55 miles) away so that investigators could search for the remains of nine missing people, who were among the 304 who died when the Sewol capsized on April 16, 2014.

President Donald Trump's company, the Trump Organization, is working towards opening a second hotel in Washington, D.C. As first reported by The Washington Post , the Trump Organization has shown interest in reopening and converting one of several boutique hotels in the capital into a hotel licensed under the company's more affordably-priced Scion sub-brand .

Within 48 hours, the European Commission is expected to issue "draft negotiation guidelines", which will be sent to the 27 remaining states for consultation. Speaking in Valletta, Malta, he also left the door open for an "associative" citizenship of the European Union for Britons. What makes the looming confrontation so risky is that both sides stand to lose economically in the event of a breakdown.

Britain joined the EU in 1973, though it's always been an outlier: It never adopted the common European currency (the euro) and it never joined the Schengen Agreement, which allows EU citizens to travel to other EU countries freely without a visa or passport.

The congressman who quit the House Freedom Caucus after it helped torpedo the Republican health care bill last week is still railing in anger against what he said is the group's intransigence. The measure was aimed at fulfilling a pledge by Trump to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Trump's ends-justifies-the-means argument echoes one being made by business groups in Washington, who are eyeing a large corporate tax overhaul later this year.

Park had declined to be questioned by prosecutors or testify at the Constitutional Court when she was in office. Park was requested to face questioning as a suspect in earlier investigations by state prosecutors soon after the scandal emerged in October, and by the independent counsel later.

And previous year, she was "sorry for causing concern among the people". It had to be a daunting prospect for a 65-year-old woman dubbed the "notebook princess" for her privileged upbringing and reliance on prepared scripts for public appearances.

Monday in Manhattan, a New York Police Department spokesperson confirms to PEOPLE. Caughman was bent over a rubbish bin around the corner from his home, gathering bottles, when Jackson plunged a two-foot sword into his chest and back and walked off, prosecutors said.

We are writing to demand you apologize to President Obama for the recent false claims you made about the Obama Administration wiretapping Trump Tower. What is even more worrisome is that sources have told an analyst on CNN that Flynn may have cut a deal with the FBI to aid in their investigation on Trump's ties to Russian Federation ties.

Poe tweeted Friday that some lawmakers "would've voted against the 10 Commandments". Who is standing up for those in the heartland; leading us towards actual Conservatism? White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was pursuing a new deal to repeal and replace Obamacare, but he was vague on details - even on whether the White House would seek Democratic support for the bill.